Bed and lounging table.



H. BRAASGH. BED AND LOUNGING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED HOV.18,1909.

1,082,997. I Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH Co., WASHINGTON, D. C.

HENRY BBAASCH, 013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BED AND LOUNGING TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. so, 1913.

Application filed November 18, 1909. Serial No. 528,804.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY'BRAASCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Bed and, Lounging Table, of

p which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement of my bed. and lounging table for which Letters Patent No. 986,131 were granted to me Mar. 7, 1911, and mainly differs therefrom by the pivotal arrangement of the table legs and the provision of unique bracing features whereby great strength and lateral stability of the table are secured.

- The object of this invention is to provide a strong, light, cheap, simple and easily constructed table which has well-braced legs that may be adjusted independently of each other to the inequalities of bed-clothing so as to enable invalids or other persons lounging in or on the bed to support books, papers and other articles in desired positions, the table being adapted to be held horizontally or at any angle with the horizon.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table embodying this invention seen from the under side. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a table embodying the invention. Fig. 3 is a brackets 2, which are provided respectively with perforations 3, 4, to receive a pivot tie bolt 5 having a head 6 at one end and being screw-threaded at the other end to receive a thumb nut 7. Parallel with the end brackets 2 are two intermediate or inner brackets 8 fixed to the plate 1 having perforations 9 registering with the perforations 3 and 4, so that at each end of the plate 1 there is a pair of brackets. The brackets of each pair are spaced apart to receive between them a leg 10 of the table and the brackets 2 and 8 are relatively adjustable and may be sprung toward each other so that the width of the space between the members of each pair of brackets may be decreased or increased. For this purpose the intermediate or inner brackets 8 are made of resilient metal sheets that can be sprung outward tOWard the end brackets. The brackets may be secured to the plate in any desired way. In some instances, as in Fig. 1, the plate and the end brackets may be of a single piece, and in other instances, as in Fig. 3, the end brackets may be secured by screws 11. Each of the legs 10 is perforated as indicated at 12, to receive a stove bolt 13 provided with a thumb nut 14:. Sub-legs 15 perforated at their upper ends as at 16 to receive the stove bolts 13 are applied to the inner faces of the legs 10. Against the inner faces of sub-legs 15 are applied braces 17 that are metal straps having two perforated portions 18, 19, at their ends and an oblique intermediate portion or body 20. Said perforated portions extend in parallel planes and the body portion extends aslant from one to the other of said perforated portions. By this construction and arrangement of the braces 17, great strength and lateral stability of the table are secured and the braces are close to the underside of the table plate 1 so as to be unobstructive. The stove bolts may be provided in the usual manner near the head ends with angular necks 21 which fit the perforations 22 of the perforated portions 17. Washers 23 are applied between the thumb nuts 14 and the main pivoted legs 10. The tie bolt 5 extends through the perforation of the brackets 2, main legs 10, intermediate brackets 8 and the upper par allel portions 19 of the braces 20. The main legs 10 are thus pivoted to the table plate 1, and the sub-legs 15 are thus pivoted to the main legs and through them are pivotally connected with the table plate.

Sectional spacers 24, 25 are provided. There are two of the spacers 24:, and each of these is arranged between an inner or intermediate bracket 8 and an adjacent brace 20 while the spacer 25 is arranged between the perforated upper ends 19 of the braces 20. Said spacers 24 and 25 are tubular sections, and the tie rod 5 is inserted therethrough. Resilient washers 26 are arranged between the outer brackets 2 and the bolt head 6 on one side and thumb nut 7 on the other side of the brackets 2 to apply the pressure of the nut, when tightened, to spring the'outer brackets toward each other to clamp the legs.

The plate 1 may be provided at one edge with a ledge 27 and the brackets 2 may be provided in their limbs opposite the ledge 27 with seats 28 in which the inturned ends 29 of a wire loop 30 may be inserted so that the wire loop is pivotally connected to the plate on one side of the center thereof, opposite the ledge. The end limbs 81 of the wire loop are of greater length than the space between the seats 28 and the upper edge 32 of the plate 1, so that the loop 30 may be swung up over said .upper edge. The space between the seats 28 and middle of the plate 1 is about equal to the length of the limbs 31 so that when it is desired, the loop 30 may be swung over the edge 32 and onto the top of the plate 1 to hold thereon any article which it is desired to retain. In Fig. 2 such article comprising sheets of paper is shown at 33.

In practice, to adjust the table, the thumb nuts 14 may be loosened and thereupon the sub-legs 15 may be separately adjusted on the main legs 10 and when brought to the proper position the nuts 14: may be tightened, thus holding the sub-legs firmly in the places to which they have been adjusted. When the legs have been thus adjusted, the table plate 1 may be adjusted to any angle desired by loosening the thumb nut 7, thereby reducing the pressure on the main legs 10 whereupon the table plate 1 may be tilted as desired without disarranging the legs. Then the nut 7 may again be tightened. When the nut 7 is tightened, the parts 2 are forced toward each other so that the leg 10 and the braces 20 are tightly gripped by parts that are in contact therewith, thus securing the table plate at any inclination at which it may be turned. The person using the table may thus readly adjust either the table plate 1 or the main legs or the sub-legs as is required and this can be done with minimum expenditure of time, labor and attention.

I claim A table comprising a plate. having two pairs of perforated smooth-faced brackets, members of each pair of brackets being rela-' tively adjustable, free main legs embraced smoothly between the members of the pairs of brackets, free sub legs pivoted on the main legs, reversely bent braces for the legs,

bolts and nuts adjustably securing the sub- 1 legs and the braces to the main legs below said brackets, a tie bolt extending through the brackets and the upper'ends of the main legs and braces, spacers on the tie rod in terposed between the braces and between the braces and the adjacent brackets to hold braces and brackets apart, and a'nut on the tie bolt to adjustably clamp the parts'o-n said bolt.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 7 In presence of- H JAMES R. TOWNSEND, M. BEULAH TOWNSEND.

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